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- Script
- John Lustig (credited)
- Pencils
- William Van Horn (credited)
- Inks
- William Van Horn (credited)
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)
- Letters
- William Van Horn (credited)
- Editing
- Bob Foster (original editor)
- Job Number
- KD 0990
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is Donald busy? Boy, is he ever!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Ms. Snoremore; frogs; ant-besieged homeowner; Tasmanian devil ants; various panicked citizens of Duckburg; terrified clown; circus strongman; Titano (the terrible ten foot tall gorilla); Roger Lotsagall (famous artist); Prudence Pettifog; bunch of bats
- Synopsis
- Donald is a master pest remover, until he meets his match in a bunch of artistic bats.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- "The Brittle Mastery of Donald Duck"; ants; bats; dissatisfied customer; doing-something-their-own-way; frogs; gorilla; logo modification; overconfidence; pest removal; unintended slapstick consequences
Lustig and Van Horn create a story in the mold of what has become known in fandom as "The Brittle Mastery of Donald Duck" - a sub-genre of stories by Carl Barks where Donald is an absolute master in some field of endeavor until he becomes overconfident, goes one step too far, and destroys his good reputation... along with many other things around him.
Lustig cleverly slips the names of some competitor's characters into his script - "Bat(s)man" (in the title), the Tasmanian Devil (small "d") and Titano the (not quite "super") ape. "Roger Lotsagall" appears to be a parody/tribute character of artist Marc Chagall.
Story has a modified version of the "William Van Horn Donald Duck Logo", where the words "Donald" and "Duck" are on a single tier.
- Script
- Dick Kinney (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Hubbard (credited)
- Inks
- Al Hubbard (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- David Gerstein (credited)
- Job Number
- S 64008
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stopping over for a few days... stop ... Will show you a new way of life ... stop ... Your way of life must ... stop ... cousin Fethry Duck
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- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Ludwig Von Drake; Fethry Duck (introduction); Tabby; telegram messenger; burger flipper
- Synopsis
- Donald's eccentric, fad-following cousin Fethry comes to visit. Fethry is on an extreme health kick and engages Donald in an over-the-top regimen of exercise and organic food, driving his poor cousin to seek help from Ludwig Von Drake.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- annoying visitor; fads; first appearance of recurring character(s); getting carried away; healthy living; unwanted help; visiting relatives
Features the first appearance of Fethry Duck. Logo includes "Introducing Fethry Duck".
Originally produced in 1964 for the Disney Studio Overseas ("S" Code) Program.